PFT Planet: Is Bridgewater ready to be a starter?

Posted by NBCSports.com on June 23, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT

Mike Florio answers fan calls and tweets about various topics from around the NFL including Teddy Bridgewater’s ability to be ready to take over the starting QB job in Week 1. Florio believes Bridgewater is more NFL ready than people realize.

Unless he shows that he is significantly better than Cassel and yes even Ponder. There is no reason that he should be starting right out of the gate. Give him some time to develop more behind Cassel and get accustom to the NFL’s pace. Maybe if for some reason the Vikes are 1-9 in the season then it wouldn’t hurt to start giving him some game time action to prepare him better for next year.